Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Pontal
Date	19 August 2016
Competitors	74 from 31 nations
Winning time	1:28:35
Medalists
Liu Hong   China   María Guadalupe González   Mexico   Lü Xiuzhi   China

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of athletes
Qualification
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held on 19 August on a route along Pontal.

Summary

The race took off as a pack, with María Guadalupe González on point but nobody exerting any force to take the lead. Always present near the front were the three Chinese athletes; World champion and world record holder Liu Hong, world silver medalist Lü Xiuzhi and Qieyang Shenjie. Towering over the lead group was Anežka Drahotová. After the first laps, Lu and her teammates increased the pace from 9:17 initial laps to sub-9; walkers began to drop off the back of the pack, one by one. By the halfway mark, the pack was down to 15. Within the next kilometer, the pack was down to seven, González, two Italians; Antonella Palmisano and Eleonora Giorgi, Brazilian favorite Érica de Sena, and the two Chinese using the pace; Lu and Liu. Going to the 13K mark, Giorgi received the red paddle to step off the course. In the next 500 metres, Qieyang and Ana Cabecinha, who had fallen off the back were able to rejoin the pack. Qieyang continued past the pack to take the position at the front. After a brief visit, Cabecinha couldn't stay with the group. The pace continued to drop, down to 8:42 for the eighth lap, de Sena the next off the back. Before the end of the penultimate lap, Palmisano fell off the back, leaving the three Chinese vs González. But González held the lead, pushing the pace. Qieyang broke and quickly fell back to get passed by Palmisano. The lap finished in 8:40, the fastest yet. Through the last lap, the pace increased Each already had one red card on the board, Liu getting shown three yellow paddles during the lap, still chasing González a step behind with Lu first a step then dropping off the back with just over 500 metres to the finish. Down the final straight, Liu edged closer to González, then after getting a shoulder ahead, quickly expanded the lead. With six officials watching over the last 100 metres, Liu did not pick up any calls and crossed the finish line first, two seconds up on González, seven on Lu. Behind them, Qieyang surged back to Palmisano, but couldn't get past.

Records

The existing World and Olympic records stood as follows.

World record	Liu Hong (CHN)	1:24:38	A Coruña, Spain	6 June 2015
Olympic record	Elena Lashmanova (RUS)	1:25:02	London, United Kingdom	11 August 2012

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC–3)

Results

Warnings (Athletes with 3 warnings are automatically disqualified)

• ~ - Loss of Contact
• > - Bent knee

Rank	Start	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes[1]
01 !	9	Hong, LiuLiu Hong	China	1:28:35	~
02 !	5	Guadalupe González, MaríaMaría Guadalupe González	Mexico	1:28:37	~
03 !	57	Xiuzhi, LüLü Xiuzhi	China	1:28:42	~
04 !4	41	Palmisano, AntonellaAntonella Palmisano	Italy	1:29:03
05 !5	1	Shenjie, QieyangQieyang Shenjie	China	1:29:04
06 !6	10	Cabecinha, AnaAna Cabecinha	Portugal	1:29:23
07 !7	4	de Sena, ÉricaÉrica de Sena	Brazil	1:29:29	~~
08 !8	7	Pascual, BeatrizBeatriz Pascual	Spain	1:30:24
09 !9	50	Lamble, ReganRegan Lamble	Australia	1:30:28	~~
10	63	Drahotová, AnežkaAnežka Drahotová	Czech Republic	1:30:43
11	3	Rigaudo, ElisaElisa Rigaudo	Italy	1:31:04	>
12	6	Henriques, InêsInês Henriques	Portugal	1:31:28
13	15	Menuet, ÉmilieÉmilie Menuet	France	1:32:04	~
14	69	García, KimberlyKimberly García	Peru	1:32:09
15	31	Drisbioti, AntigoniAntigoni Drisbioti	Greece	1:32:32
16	49	Okada, KumikoKumiko Okada	Japan	1:32:42
17	62	Yatsevich, NastassiaNastassia Yatsevich	Belarus	1:32:53	~
18	52	Castro, ÁngelaÁngela Castro	Bolivia	1:32:54
19	11	Borovska, NadiyaNadiya Borovska	Ukraine	1:33:01	~~
20	2	González, RaquelRaquel González	Spain	1:33:03
21	72	Kashyna, InnaInna Kashyna	Ukraine	1:33:15
22	39	Michta-Coffey, MariaMaria Michta-Coffey	United States	1:33:36
23	74	Sánchez, María GuadalupeMaría Guadalupe Sánchez	Mexico	1:33:44	~~
24	13	Pérez, PaolaPaola Pérez	Ecuador	1:33:53
25	22	Madarász, ViktóriaViktória Madarász	Hungary	1:33:59
26	37	Holliday, TanyaTanya Holliday	Australia	1:34:22	~~
27	27	Bonilla, MagalyMagaly Bonilla	Ecuador	1:34:54	~
28	18	Buziak, PaulinaPaulina Buziak	Poland	1:35:01
29	67	Virbalytė-Dimšienė, BrigitaBrigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė	Lithuania	1:35:11
30	23	Ortiz, MirnaMirna Ortiz	Guatemala	1:35:11
31	35	Cornejo, WendyWendy Cornejo	Bolivia	1:35:17	~~
32	36	Arenas, SandraSandra Arenas	Colombia	1:35:40	~
33	26	Takács, JuliaJulia Takács	Spain	1:35:45
34	58	Melville, MirandaMiranda Melville	United States	1:35:48
35	45	Barber, AlanaAlana Barber	New Zealand	1:35:55
36	60	Guaman, MaritzaMaritza Guaman	Ecuador	1:35:56
37	56	Cardoso, DanielaDaniela Cardoso	Portugal	1:36:13
38	53	Carrillo, YeseidaYeseida Carrillo	Colombia	1:36:28
39	40	Yeong-eun, JeonJeon Yeong-eun	South Korea	1:36:31	~~
40	20	Tallent, RachelRachel Tallent	Australia	1:37:08	~
41	21	Ortega, AlejandraAlejandra Ortega	Mexico	1:37:33
42	14	Wanjiru, GraceGrace Wanjiru	Kenya	1:37:49
43	64	Coronado, StefanyStefany Coronado	Bolivia	1:37:56
44	33	Szwarnóg, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Szwarnóg	Poland	1:38:01
45	65	Arsine, AndreeaAndreea Arsine	Romania	1:38:16	~
46	44	Myronchuk, ValentynaValentyna Myronchuk	Ukraine	1:38:20	~
47	61	Tsinopoulou, PanayiotaPanayiota Tsinopoulou	Greece	1:38:24
48	46	Czaková, MáriaMária Czaková	Slovakia	1:38:29	~
49	47	Lopes, CisianeCisiane Lopes	Brazil	1:38:35
50	51	Rodean, Ana VeronicaAna Veronica Rodean	Romania	1:38:42
51	30	Hancco, JessicaJessica Hancco	Peru	1:39:08
52	54	Poncio, MaritzaMaritza Poncio	Guatemala	1:40:09
53	16	Pastare, AgneseAgnese Pastare	Latvia	1:40:15	>~
54	25	Kaur, KhushbirKhushbir Kaur	India	1:40:33	>
55	42	Gáliková, MáriaMária Gáliková	Slovakia	1:40:35
56	24	Vaiciukevičiūtė, ŽivilėŽivilė Vaiciukevičiūtė	Lithuania	1:41:28
57	48	Stef !Claudia Ștef	Romania	1:41:47	>
58	68	Kovacs, BarbaraBarbara Kovacs	Hungary	1:42:11	~
59	55	Recsei, RitaRita Recsei	Hungary	1:42:41	~
60	12	Nasri, ChahinezChahinez Nasri	Tunisia	1:42:57
61	73	Tiksa, AskaleAskale Tiksa	Ethiopia	1:44:15	>>
62	17	Aydosova, DianaDiana Aydosova	Kazakhstan	1:44:49	~
63	28	Oosthuizen, AnelAnel Oosthuizen	South Africa	1:45:06	>
64 !–	29	Dygacz, AgnieszkaAgnieszka Dygacz	Poland	2 !DNF	~
65 !–	66	Sapana, SapanaSapana Sapana	India	2.1 !DNF
66 !–	43	Miranda, YeseniaYesenia Miranda	El Salvador	2.2 !DNF
67 !–	59	Galvis, SandraSandra Galvis	Colombia	2.3 !DNF
68 !–	70	Aidietytė, NeringaNeringa Aidietytė	Lithuania	2.4 !DNF
69 !–	34	Beletew, YehualeyeYehualeye Beletew	Ethiopia	3 !DQ	~~>
70 !–	8	Giorgi, EleonoraEleonora Giorgi	Italy	3.1 !DQ	~~~
71 !–	38	Herrera, Mayra CarolinaMayra Carolina Herrera	Guatemala	3.2 !DQ	~~~
72 !–	19	Da-seul, LeeLee Da-seul	South Korea	3.3 !DQ	~~>
73 !–	32	Jeong-eun, LeeLee Jeong-eun	South Korea	3.4 !DQ	~~>
74 !–	71	Repina, PolinaPolina Repina	Kazakhstan	3.5 !DQ	>>>

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